What Continues During the Shutdown Medicare Program – Benefits and core program operations continue without interruption. Medicaid – CMS has funding to support state Medicaid programs for the first quarter of FY 2026 through previously approved appropriations. Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) – Payments to eligible states will continue. Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control …
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Support Bipartisan Medicare Physician Reimbursement Reforms! The ACG is a sponsoring organization of the latest bipartisan effort in the House of Representatives to reverse the proposed 2.8% cut to Medicare physician reimbursement and provide physicians with a payment update that reflects inflationary pressures. For More Information Click Here! “References / Credit” ACG American College of …
Congress released a $460 billion spending package that would halve 2024’s 3.4% Medicare pay cut for physicians to approximately 1.7%. Here are three things ASC leaders should know about the package: 1. The package would temporarily lower the 3.4% Medicare physician fee cut, which took effect in January, to about 1.7%, according to Bloomberg Law. …
On November 2, 2023, CMS published the 2024 Medicare physician fee schedule and outpatient facility fee final rules. CMS finalized another unsustainable 3.37% cut to reimbursement and decreased conversion factor of $32.74. Now is the time to inform your Members of Congress about the danger of these looming cuts. You Can Help! Click Here for …
Based on current COVID-19 trends, the Department of Health and Human Services is planning for the federal Public Health Emergency for COVID-19 (PHE), declared under Section 319 of the Public Health Service Act, to expire at the end of the day on May 11, 2023. Thanks to the Administration’s whole-of-government approach to combatting the virus, …
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The Calendar Year 2023 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule announced today The Calendar Year 2023 Physician Fee Schedule conversion factor is $33.06, a decrease of $1.55 to the Calendar Year 2022 “PFS” conversion factor of $34.61. Click Here for More Information: Click Here fact sheet on the CY 2023 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule: …
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CMS is proposing actions to advance health equity and improve access to care in rural communities by establishing policies for Rural Emergency Hospitals (REH) and providing for payment for certain behavioral health services furnished via communications technology. Additionally, in line with President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy, the calendar year …
In the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS) for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System Final Rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS) continued to implement a performance-based scoring methodology for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) that attest to CMS …
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has opened the Final Score Preview period for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Authorized representatives of practices, virtual groups, and Alternative Payment Model (APM) Entities can now sign into the Quality Payment Program (QPP) website to preview 2021 MIPS final scores. The MIPS Final Score Preview …
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